I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #67
From iearn@us.iearn.org Fri Dec 17 15:00:55 1999
Date: 15 Dec 1999 14:38:46
From: iearn@us.iearn.org
Reply-To: International Education and Resource Network iearn@igc.apc.org
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Subject: I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #67
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I*EARN CALENDAR: Southern Hemisphere schools are closing for
their summer breaks this month. Northern Hemisphere schools
will also be closing mid-month for shorter winter breaks.
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I*EARN TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS ARE FINALISTS IN WIRELESS CHILDNET
AWARDS. In the "schools" section, Petru Dimitru and Duiliu
Zamfirescu School in Romania are finalists for the Children's
Folk Games Project, and Jo Tate in Australia received a special
"individual" award for her work in the school and with I*EARN.
In addition, Judy Barr's Kindred Project at St Pauls Anglican
School in Australia is a "Commended Project."
http://www.childnet-int.org/awards/2000/shortlist/index.html.
I*EARN TEACHER HIGHLIGHTED BY PBS TELEVISION NETWORK. The
classroom work of Kristi Rennenbohm Franz, USA is being
highlighted by PBS as an example of how a rural community can
use the I*EARN global network to bridge the digital divide and
enhance teaching and learning.
http://www.pbs.org/digitaldivide/class-voices.html#kristy-int
http://www.pbs.org/digitaldivide/links.html.
I*EARN-CANADA HAS NEW DOMAIN NAME AND URL.
http://www.iearn-canada.org Coordinator, IEARN-Canada -
William Belsey bill@iearn-canada.org.
RECENT I*EARN ASSEMBLY DECISIONS:
-I*EARN CHINA BECOMES A MEMBER OF THE I*EARN ASSEMBLY.
-SOUTH AFRICA'S OFFER TO HOST THE 20001 I*EARN INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE IS ACCEPTED BY I*EARN ASSEMBLY! Watch
http://www.iearn.org/meetings.html for updates in the future.
If you have any comments/questions about decisions made by the
I*EARN Assembly, contact your country co-ordinator or the
International Secretariat iearn-international@iearn.org.au.
I*EARN ACTIVITY GROWS IN 1999...74 COUNTRIES NOW ACTIVE!
Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile,
China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador,
Egypt, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece,
Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Japan,
Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon,
Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia,
Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan,
Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania,
Russia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa,
Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey,
Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay.
*** If you are an I*EARN member, you can search for partners in
these countries by using the people database available at
http://www.iearn.org/databases.html. Write to
iearn@us.iearn.org if you do not know the Database User Name
and Password.
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ASPECTS OF LOVE PROJECT. See "2000/Aspects of Love" in
iearn.culture or contact Petya Mihajlova and Nelly
Georgieva, Bulgaria firstls@revolta.com
http://sites.schools-bg.net/varn-1langschool/default-en.htm.
FOLK GAMES PROJECT. Share your games in iearn.kidscan under
the Subject: Children's Folk Games 2000. For more information,
contact Petru Dimitru, Romania petrud@estcomp.ro.
http://www.estcomp.ro/~cfg/. In addition, an article was
written about the project in for a newspaper in Spain. The
electronic format can be seen at:
http://www.elpais.es/c/d/19991118/ocio/ocio1.htm.
A LEWIN CREATIVE WRITING ANTHOLOGY. See recent poetry
contributions by students in Pakistan. "THE KEY TO 21st
CENTURY SUCCESS" iearn.lewin.
ME AND MY PET PROJECT TO CONTINUE! Students write about and
send photos and drawings of their pets. See iearn.kidscan, or
contact Florina Serbu, Romania florina@lefo.ro.
http://www-old.lefo.ro/meandmypet/Default.htm.
MICROSOFT A MONOPOLY?, RECYCLING OF NATURAL RESOURCES, CLONING,
MILLENNIUM (Y2K)... Join in these and other discussions in
The Contemporary Global Newsmagazine iearn.tc.
MY LOVELY COUNTRY. Children from a primary school in Borek,
Czech Republic are learning about Europe and would like
information, pictures, photos, maps, songs, childern games,
customs, recipes from your countries. Adresse post: ZS Borek
370 10, Czech Republic zsborek@cb.ipex.cz.
NEW YEARS WISHES PROJECT. Students create new year wishes (PF)
for the millennium, with any graphic technique they like.
December 1999 - February 2000. Send artwork to: Ilona Kubonova,
Gymnazium Teplice, Cs. Dobrovolcu 11, 415 01 Teplice, Czech
Republic or scan your pictures and send as an attachment by
e-mail to Ilona (I*EARN coordinator Czech Republic) at
kubonova@osf.cz.
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE 20th CENTURY. On December 10 - 11, I*EARN
schools of Belarus gathered for a seminar in Minsk, where they
developed an idea for a project to gather the most remarkable
inventions, discoveries, ideas born in the 20th century. If you
are interested, contact Natalia Petriaeva
children@exchange.belpak.grodno.by.
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BETINHO PRIZE FOR USE OF INTERNET TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. To
celebrate its 10th anniversary, the Association for Progressive
Communications (APC) is launching the Betinho Prize, "in an
effort to recognize and to document outstanding examples of how
the Internet is being used to make a real difference. The $US
7,500 prize is open to nonprofit organizations, community-based
groups, coalitions or social movements anywhere in the world
that have successfully used information and communication
technologies as an essential ingredient in their work.
Deadline for nominations: January 31, 2000.
http://www.apc.org/english/betinho.
CHILDREN'S MESSAGES TO THE WORLD. Submit children's
art/literature for a book publication to be circulated
globally. Youth, ages 3-17, are responding to the question,
"What do you wish to tell the world?" in the form of
statements, essays, personal life stories, illustrations,
poems, photographs and songs. Contributions due Jan. 2000. See
http://www.ChildrensMessages.com or contact Cecily Miller in
the USA at Cecily@ChildrensMessages.com.
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COMING | Upcoming Events!
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YOUTHCAN 2000 CONFERENCE ACCEPTING WORKSHOP PROPOSALS. The
YouthCaN project iearn.youthcan is looking for students to
present workshops at the annual YouthCaN event, to be held May
1, 2000. Workshops can be in person at the American Museum of
Natural History in New York City, USA or via
video-conferencing, Internet, speaker telephone. Send a
message to: youthcan@us.iearn.org Ed Gragert. A Workshop
presenter application is also on the YouthCaN web site.
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/youthcan/2000/wsappl.htm General
YouthCaN: http://www.nyu.edu/projects/youthcan/.
FIFTH INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS MIRK
2000, announced by Center MIRK and the Ministry of Education.
May 17-19, 2000 in Piran, Slovenia. Theme: "The use of the
information and communication technologies (ICT) in the
classroom". Call for papers:
http://www2.arnes.si/~sspmgiac/mirk2000/vabilo-an.htm. Due
February 1, 2000. I*EARN has been promoted in all conferences
so far, so we invite you to be active again this year. For
more information, contact Alenka Makuc, I*EARN coordinator for
Slovenia Alenka.Makuc@guest.arnes.si. Those of you leaving
from Europe can ask National coordinators for travel support.
http://os-gorje.s5.net/CEE/officers.html of the Council of
Europe organization. Quote the Invitation at:
http://culture.coe.fr/teachertraining/Prog2000_1/Countries2000_1.htm#Slovenia.
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I*EARN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Beijing, China. July 10-16, 2000.
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The seventh I*EARN conference will provide an
opportunity for participants to interact with educators from
all over the world. You are invited to bring your own ideas and
expertise, to exchange thoughts with, and to contribute to
building new global pathways into the future. See
http://www.iearn.online.edu.cn. Online registration is now
available at http://www.iearn.org/registration.htm.
If you already know what presentations/workshops you are going
to give during the conference, you may write to
zy@mail.online.edu.cn and iearn@email.eng.cnu.edu.cn. If
you need to send snail mail (air mail), please send it to:
Subude, I*EARN- China Zhong Guan Chun Post Office Box 106#
Haidian District, Beijing, 100080, China. Include the topic,
the brief summary of your presentation and what kind of
equipment you need during your presentation etc.
Direct flights Frankfurt - Novosibirsk and Novosibirsk -
Beijing ("Siberia" air company). You can find a timetable at:
http://www.transport.nsk.su/ (in Russian)
http://www.transport.nsk.su/ind_engl.htm (in English) The
Frankfurt - Novosibirsk round way cost is about US$670. The
Novosibirsk - Beijing round way cost is about US$430. Thanks to
Marina Kosinova, Russia for the information.
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